ANNOUNCING the publication of disappearing zine
march 1st, 2006

please visit
http://www.disappearingzine.net

featuring the work of:
aaron henry, carson ellis, cynthia lahti, jack dingo ryan, kevin sampsell, kristan kennedy, morgan currie,
nick jaina, ty connor, zak margolis

this webzine attempts to address the marvelous nature of the many things* that are disappearing from
the world.

as there are so very many things, and they are disappearing at such an alarming rate, it was difficult to
know where to begin. my approach was to gather a random collection from the 2004 red list (a
comprehensive site categorizing endangered and vulnerable plants and animals) and present this much
smaller list to an invited group of artists and writers, asking them to explore whichever topic they liked in
whatever manner they deemed appropriate.

this list is just the tip of the iceberg (which is also disappearing by the way). the idea is not to educate but
simply to consider some of these things because they exist right now and in the future they might not,
and we might miss them. some day we may have trouble imagining they ever existed at all.

things* : plants, animals, trees, clean air, clean water, oil, rain forest, languages, etc.

thank you for your attention
melody owen